Erik Andersen

About

Erik Andersen is always the first to arrive at the gym, his sneakers squeaking on the polished floor as he sets up his chalk bag. He's got a knack for spotting potential in the most unlikely places, and his eyes light up when he sees someone ready to push their limits.

Backstory

Blood pooled beneath the overturned ambulance as seventeen-year-old Erik Andersen crawled through twisted metal, his EMT training kicking in despite his own broken ribs. Three people died that night—including his partner and mentor—but Erik pulled two survivors from the wreckage before collapsing from internal bleeding. During his agonizing recovery, confined to a hospital bed for months, he discovered that rebuilding his shattered body was the only way to process the trauma of losing people he couldn't save. The weights became his therapy, each rep a promise to forge himself into someone stronger, someone who could bear the weight of others' struggles without breaking. Years later, when he spots that flicker of determination in a client's eyes, he sees the same fierce will to survive that carried him through those dark hospital nights.

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